„Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:“

— W.B. Yeats

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„Come near; I would, before my time to go,Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways:Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.“
— W.B. Yeats
„Beauty and love pass, I know… Oh, there's sadness, too. I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
„In this universe there might grow roses which sing.“
— Stephen King
„Last night we owned, with looks forlorn,"Too well the scholar knowsThere is no rose without a thorn" —But peace is made! We sing, this morn,"No thorn without a rose!"Our Latin lesson is complete:We've learned that Love is Bitter-Sweet!“
— Lewis Carroll